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In reply to the discussion: DEAR GAWD. *THREAD* - "Lots of nervous Barney Fife types with their hands on their pistols," [View all]Buns_of_Fire
(17,119 posts)6. Publish the crime scene photos.
Not pictures of the dead victims, pictures of the aftermath.
Damned right it would make people "uncomfortable." And that's the point.
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DEAR GAWD. *THREAD* - "Lots of nervous Barney Fife types with their hands on their pistols," [View all]
Roland99
May 2022
OP
Nope. You can't be more fearful of "no weapon" than an AR-15 or other assault weapon.
Samrob
May 2022
#7
RIGHT !? I am blown the f**k away !! The common theme in every unarmed shooting by LEO I see
uponit7771
May 2022
#8
WTF ?! If the person is of color LEOs ***PUT*** themselves in more danger to be able to shoot !!
uponit7771
May 2022
#4
I was busy at home in the early hours of the incident, before the casualty rates were reported.
Baitball Blogger
May 2022
#12
Realism there. Typical person with a gun isn't prepared to deal with a bad guy
Baitball Blogger
May 2022
#15
Well, let's put our own feet in a pair of those shoes. What do we do differently?
Hortensis
May 2022
#18
Can't really answer that, though, can we? Unless one of us has been trained as they have
Roland99
May 2022
#19
Either they aren't trained adequately how to respond to they were too scared...
Historic NY
May 2022
#32
This video shows that the police ignored pleas from parents to go into school
LetMyPeopleVote
May 2022
#34
the good guys with guns doing nothing except parading around in their precious cowboy hats nt
msongs
May 2022
#35
Nothing says ban assault rifles like cops being scared of the shooter who has one.
LetMyPeopleVote
May 2022
#36